LEMOSHO ROUTE 9 DAYS / 8 NIGHTS
Day 1: Arrive in Moshi/Arusha
and transfer to your hotel for overnight and prepartion of your
trip.
Day 2: After
breakfast transfer from your hotel to National park forest edge.
From here walk through the undisturbed forest to Mti Mkubwa camp
site for dinner and overnight. By luck you will be able to see colubus
monkeys and signs of elephants.
Day 3.Take your time to walk through
the forest sporting some of plentiful game and bird life. You will
pass through montane forest and hagenia zone. Dinner and overnight
at Shira camp.
Day 4:.
The hike today is across Shira plateau up the western slope of Kibo
massif. Overnight at Fisher campsite.
Day 5: .After breakfast hike up LavaTower
- The first introduction to the alpine zone. The only plant life
being the hardest of grasses and Lichen. Here you will be able to
have a spectacular view of final ascent route up the Western breach.
Day 6: .With the Western breach ascent
route in view, spend a few hours climbing to the base of the route
where you will make a camp near Arrow Glacier. An afternoon hike
further up the route before relaxing in camp will help you acclimatize
and improve your performance the next day.
Day 7: Wind your way up the Western Breach
non -technical climbing route about six hours to the crater rim.
Explore the inner crater and ash pit before to pitching the camp
at the crater floor.
Day 8. Summit day. Start your ascent
to the summit early enough in the morning to put on the Summit by
10 am. After Uhuru peak descend via Barafu Hut and on down to Mweka
Hut camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 9. It take about 3 to 4 hours to
make the descent to the road head . After your lunch bid bye to
your porters and transfer to Moshi/Arusha for dinner and overnight.
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KILIMANJARO MARANGU ROUTE FAST
TREK - 7 DAYS
DAY 1: -Leave
Nairobi by shuttle bus to Moshi where you spend the night and do
your last preparation for climbing the highest point of Africa.
DAY 2: -Leave Arusha after breakfast
and drive to Marangu Gate, where you will start the trek 9 Hrs to
Mandara Hut for 4 hrs. Lunch, dinner and overnight.
DAY 3: After breakfast trek 11 kms for
about 5-7 hrs slowly to Horombo Hut. Lunch, dinner and overnight
at Horombo Hut.
DAY 4: -Full day acclimatizing to the
higher altitudes from this point. Dinner and overnight at Horombo
Hut.
DAY 4: Trek 10 kms
from Horombo Hut to Kibo Hut for about 5-7 hrs. Lunch, dinner and
overnight at Kibo Hut.
DAY 5: -Early start
8 hrs trek to the summit arriving there by daybreak. Descend to
Mweka Hut. Lunch, dinner and overnight at Mweka Hut. Total of a
bout 10 hrs spent and distance of 24 km covered.
DAY 6: -Leave Mweka
Hut after breakfast and descend down to Mweka Gate where you will
be picked up for the drive back to Arusha/ Moshi.
DAY 7: -After breakfast
take shuttle bus for Nairobi arrive at Lunch time.
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8 Days Kilimanjaro
trek - Machame Route.
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Day 1: -Drive to Arusha/Moshi via Namanga
for preparation for the following days trekking. Dinner and overnight
in a hotel.
Day 2: -Trek six hours to Machame hut starts early after
drive by car to the park gate. Dinner and overnight at Machame camp.
Day 3: -The trek takes 4 hours approximately and it is through
rain forest and steep rocky ridges to Shira hut. After a short rest
dinner will be served at the camp. Shira is situated at an elevation
of 3,658m.
Day 4 -From Shira an average Hike for 6 hours to the Barranco
hut via the lava tower. Continue to arrow glacier (4,876m) before
descending to Barranco hut (3,680m) for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: -Breakfast then depart for 8 hrs
trek to Barafu Hut (4600m) via Karanga valley for the junction which
connects with the Mweka trail. Dinner and overnight at the campsite
facing both Mawezi and Kibo peaks.
Day 6: -Wake up early for 6 hrs via Stella point at an altitude
of 5,745 metres to the summit Uhuru peak (5,896 m) Descend to the
Mweka campsite at 3,100 m above sea level (5 hour) descent. Dinner
and overnight at Mweka camp.
Day 7: -Breakfast then descend to Mweka Park gate to connect
transport to Moshi for overnight.
Day 8: After breakfast depart to Nairobi arrive before lunch.
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8 Days Kilimanjaro
climb Umbwe Route
Day 1: -By shuttle bus drive to Moshi arriving
in the afternoon. The afternoon will be spent shopping for what’s
needed for the following day trekking and arranging your gear, accommodation
in a hotel.
Day 2: -After breakfast transfer to Marangu gate then to
Umbwe village for commencement of hike to Lava caves (2800m) which
takes 4 hrs. Dinner and overnight.
Day 3: -Ascend a long sharp ridge, giving
a distinct high mountain feeling to the moorland arrive in Barranco
hut in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight will be served at Barranco
hut (3,900m)
Day 4: -Walk 4 hrs past enormous breach walls to camp at
the foot of the Arrow glacier (4900m) where you will have chance
to watch the sunset behind Mt. Meru.
Day 5: -Through steep walls and scrambling up the screen
and past the frozen lava on the tottering wall we will arrive to
camp by the stunning crater rim of Kilimanjaro where we camp for
overnight.
Day 6: -Start
early morning to conquer the Uhuru peak (5,896 m) and descend via
Gilmans point then to Kibo hut(3761 m) dinner and overnight.
Day 7: -After breakfast, via Mandara hut we descend to Marangu
park gate where we connect transport to Moshi for dinner and overnight
in a hotel.
Day 8: -After breakfast in Moshi you will depart for Nairobi
arrive in the afternoon.